Stub-holder for check or other books.



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R. F.McK|NLEv. STUB HOLDER FOR CHECK 0R OTHER BO0KS.

(Applicatiqn median. 11, 1900.)

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ROBERT F. MCKIN'LEY, OF BEDFORD, INDIANA.

STUB-HOLDER FOR CHECK OR OTHER BOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,250, dated October 9, 1900. Application filed. January ll, 1900. Serial No. 1,160. (No modell.

so that the unused stubs and checks may notl be obstructed by the stubs from which the checks have been detached. It is furthermore designed to provide a detachable device which is applicable to any form of stubbook without altering or changing the latter, and therefore transferable from one book to another, and finally to provide means for positively holding the stub-engaging member in engagement with the stubs and also permitting of the convenient disengagement of the member from the stubs When it is de-.

sired to examine the latter.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the stub-holder applied to a check-book. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken through the keeper. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the holder detached.

Corresponding parts are denoted by like characters of reference in all the figures of the drawings. y

Referring to the accompanying drawings, particularly to'Fig. 4 thereof, the device comprises a base-plate l, a spring stub-engaging arm 2, and a keeper 3, carried by the baseplate and adapted to engage the arm. I

The arm 2 is bent or bowed, as plainly shown in Fig. 2, to give the required spring thereto, being pivoted at one end, as at 4, to or near one end of the baselplate and having its free end extending beyond the opposite end of the base-plate. At or near its opposite ends the base-plate is provided with` openings 5, respectively.

To mount the holder upon a book,'as indicated in Figs. l and 2, the base plate is placed upon the inner side of the front cover 7 of the book in longitudinal alinenient with the stubs, and suitable double-pronged fastenings 6 are inserted through openings formed in the cover and through those of the base plate, the prongs being bent back or spread apartv and transversely across the plate, whereby the device is removably mounted `upon the cover of the book in a simple and con venient manner. By swinging the springarm upon its pivot the free end thereof may be engaged over and upon the stubs 8, whereby the latter are confined in place against the front cover and are prevented from closing upon the blank checks or other leaves 9 of the book, as is always the case with a book not provided with a holder. When there are but few stubs to hold, the spring of the arm is not sufficiently strong to hold the same effectively, and therefore a keeper has been provided to confine the arm more tightly upon the stubs. In using the device the arm is engaged underneath the spring-tongue 3, which forms the keeper, whereby the arm is engaged tightly against the stubs, as will be understood. The bend l0 of the keeper forms a stop to position the arm properly over the stubs and to prevent the arm from being accidentally displaced in one direction, while the spring action of the tongue guards against displacement in the opposite direction. The device is preferably mounted with the bend of the keeper extending toward the lower edge of the book, as this is the most convenient position for operating the spring-arm. The device, as herein described, provides auseful and improved stub-holder, which may be readily attached to any book,and the keeper adapts the springarm to hold a few stubs as tightly and effectively as a greater number thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. The combination with a stub-book, of a ICO stub-holder, comprising a base-plate secured to the inner side of the cover, which is adjacent to the stubs, a stub-engaging member pivoted to swing laterally upon the baseplate and extended longitudinally of the cover to have its free end overlap the adjacent stubs, and a hook-shaped keeper carried by the plate, to embrace the stub-engaging member and hold the latter normally in engagement with the stubs.

2. A stub-holder, comprising a flat baseplate, having opposite perorations for the reception of fastening devices, and a hookshaped spring-tongue struck up at one edge 

